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• Sparking Debate on Economic Policy in Nepal

  

  Samriddhi wins an award at the Asia Liberty Forum in Kuala Lumpur.By Sarita Sapkota, SamriddhiIn the annual Asia Liberty Forum in Malaysia this year, Atlas... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2016 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Democracy That Delivers Podcast: #7 Sameer Lalwani on Security Issues in South...

  

  Sameer Lalwani (center) with podcast hosts Ken Jaques and Julie Johnson.Deputy Director of the South Asia Program at the Stimson Center Sameer Lalwani... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2016 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Profiting from Parity: The Business Case for Gender Integration in Value Chains

  

  Photo: BURN Clean CookstovesSustainable Development Goal 5 set the bar to “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” by 2030. Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2016 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Girl Rising: Civic Education and Its Role in Economic Empowerment

  

  Participants in the civic education program (photo: SEF)Women comprise more than half of those displaced by the Syrian civil war, a conflict affecting more... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2016 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Democracy That Delivers Podcast: #6 Selima Ahmad on Women’s Business Leadership

  

  Selima Ahmad won the Oslo Business for Peace in 2014.Founder of the Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry Selima Ahmad discusses how she built an... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2016 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Women Entrepreneurs Changing the Game in South Asia #IWD2016

  

  Participants at a Women’s Business Network meeting in Nepal in 2014.Here at CIPE, we are celebrating International Women’s Day by highlighting the achievements... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2016 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Advocates for Change: The Role of Women Business Leaders in Achieving Gender...

  

  International Women’s Day is an important opportunity to shine a light on the success stories of women around the world—and their perseverance to achieve... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2016 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Disruptive Development: Harnessing the Power of the Fourth Industrial...

  

  Many say that we are in the midst of a Fourth Industrial Revolution, characterized by rapid and transformative technological advancement on a scale the world ha... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2016 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Surviving in Economic Crisis: A Nigerian Woman Entrepreneur’s Story

  

  Pat Agbakwu-Ajegwu in front of her store.“As a business owner, you either choose to survive or die. And surviving in this state of economic crisis in Nigeria... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2016 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Promoting Advocacy with Technology

  

  By Lauren Dawes, Panoply DigitalThis blog post was originally published by Panoply Digital, who are helping CIPE partners around the world improve their... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2016 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Building Sustainable Feedback into Ukraine’s Economic Reform Efforts

  

  (Photo: CIPE)This past year has been filled with both positive and negative news regarding ongoing reforms in the Ukrainian economy. Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2016 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Russia’s Plan for Economic Recovery: Demolish Small Businesses

  

  Photo: The GuardianWith shocking disregard for property rights, due process and the rule of law, overnight on February 9 the Moscow city government set out... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2016 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• An Agenda to “Do Development Differently”

  

  Successful implementation of the post-2015 development agenda requires some important behavior changes and a commitment to “do development differently” by the... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2016 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Way Forward for Afghanistan’s Economy

  

  Presentation of the Herat PBA in Herat City. (Photo: CIPE Afghanistan)In many respects, 2015 was the most significant year in Afghanistan since the beginning... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2016 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Key Minister Resigns in Ukraine, Casts Doubt on Economic Reform Progress

  

  Photo credit: Lithuania Ministry of Foreign Affairs, FlickrBy Eric Hontz and Marc SchleiferIn a stunning announcement in Kyiv on February 3, Ukraine’s Minister... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2016 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Gagauzia: Another Obstacle on Moldova’s Path to Europe?

  

  In 2014, shortly before the Republic of Moldova signed its EU Association Agreement, nearly 99 percent of the electorate in the little-known, autonomous region... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2016 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Leveraging the Youth Bulge to Transform the Arab World

  

  Syrian Economic Forum students learning civic education in Syria.Last Thursday marked five years since Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was ousted fro... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2016 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Ten Years of Expanding Opportunity in Pakistan

  

  Women entrepreneurs celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week in Pakistan.How far has Pakistan come? And how much further is there to go? Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2016 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Kuwait Needs More Young Entrepreneurs

  

  Photo: Hanna RhodinBy Hanna RhodinThere is a long history of a bustling merchant culture in Kuwait. Since the 18th century, the country has been known for trade... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2016 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Small Associations as a Way to Strengthen Financial Security

  

  By Rosino (Flickr) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia CommonsBy Hanna RhodinHow do you go about starting a business when you lack the education or financial means? Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2016 BUSINESS, CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY